Good read. Watching the team the last couple of games I felt like maybe Miles was being impacted by the trade rumors and looking forward to moving on (he looked out of it). If that was the case – I thought they should go ahead and move him because that energy rubs off on others. It was good to read this and see that he wants to be here (which is not a small thing) and that they (as expected) are just rebounding from the Terry trade.
If he can rock steady for the rest of the season, I want to bring him back (though I understand those who want him gone). I am not on the “blow everything up” train, as I believe that we are building and keeping your 25 and under, pre-prime quality assets is the way to go (definitely not losing them for a Bojangles 2 piece to the Suns, Sixers or the like). Ball / Miller / Bridges / Washington / Williams / Richards / Smith Jr. are quality building blocks (yes. all 7 of them – they just need to be casted correctly and time to develop). Getting rid of Miles for the sake of “re-building” which includes getting top picks that you **hope** can turn into Miles or better in a few years is a waste of time. Move on with those 7, hit on another draft, and use the 50 million freed up from Hayward/Rozier coming off the books to bring in high quality starters/role players (ex. the Rockets). Just my 2.
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by Saiya-Jinchuriki
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Basketball-wise I believe it would be a disaster to let him go. Like it or not he’s easily our second best player currently with Terry gone, and I think he’s probably going to perform much better next year given that he was probably quite rusty after having sat out a whole year.
We’ve already taken the PR hit by taking him back, and since he’s going to find a team anyway I’d much rather it was with us than someone else. Obviously I’m not a fan of the man (to say the least) and I’m not going to buy his jersey or hang a poster of his on my wall anytime soon, but I believe in second chances and think we should continue to give him a chance to redeem himself. If he ever has any more off-court issues he has to be out of here for sure, but losing him for nothing would be such a huge step back for us and would make me lose what little hope I still have.
Despite all his flaws I think he should be seen as part of our core moving forward with Lamelo, Miller and hopefully Mark if his back issues aren’t too bad. And could not agree more with your point about re-building through the draft, the likelihood that we draft someone as good as Miles is fairly low and would set us back several years even if we did manage to find one.
I would like to keep him, it’s no secret he and LaMelo are very close friends. They play exceptionally well together.
He is likely to leave this off-season regardless because of his FA status. We have better ways to use our cap than to offer him an overpriced contract.
lol at “use the cap space from getting off Hayward/Rozier to sign another Hayward/Rozier”
I don’t even know the level of contrition and work it would take for me to ever accept him. It may not exist, but I haven’t even seen anything close to resembling what it would take.
It would look something like full accountability and openness to what he did and why. As well as, unprecedented commitment to speaking out and philanthropy to domestic violence causes. And I say this with having a sister who lost her life due to domestic violence.
God I hope he stays.
He’s the only Hornet who ALWAYS puts up good numbers. He’s the only decent Hornet who is ALWAYS healthy. He’s got great playing chemistry with his teammates and knows when to pass and when to shoot.
I know everyone loves Lamelo and Brandon… but Miles is way more CONSISTENT than either of them. If everyone played as hard as Miles does every game we wouldn’t have the record we have.
Yes, he made a horrible mistake off the court… but he’s already been through the legal process and has been cleared to play in the NBA. He’s an essential member of the team and lord knows how shitty we’d be without him.
We should definitely keep him with Melo, Miller, Williams and Smith Jr.
Personal stuff aside, from a basketball standpoint we’d be crazy to let him go. He’s a great teammate by all accounts and he consistently performs well in games. I think he’s still getting his legs back under him, so I expect him to continue to get better as the season goes on.
This is a perfect opportunity for him to step up and be the leader with Terry gone. He used to do that when Borrego was here. He’d demand to guard the best player on the opposing team and would constantly try to get the guys amped up. I want that Miles back, and if he can be that guy again we actually have a fairly bright future in my opinion. Especially considering we’re probably heading for another high lottery pick. We get another difference maker there to go with Lamelo, Miles, Brandon, Mark, PJ, and NSJ and we’re actually looking pretty decent.
Yeah I don’t see a point in trading away our young players, who could still be apart of the core. Pj, Nick, & Miles those are pieces that are good rotational pieces we gonna need the talented depth! That’s how championship teams are produced at least 7 or 8 good rotational players along w your star players.
I’m into moving lowry and/or hayward, we could use them as trade pieces to teams wanting to clear salary aka thunder, if we can obtain 1st rounders back! I saw a great article the other day.
The only trade I’m most skeptical of if the PJ trade, but getting lonzo n return plus a 1st would be great lonzo and lemelo together would be awesome as well, giving that lonzo gonna be able to make a recovery and at least be on the court next year!
[3 trades that make to much sense not to do them ](https://www.si.com/nba/hornets/news/the-top-three-most-likely-charlotte-hornets-players-next-to-be-traded)
Teams are obviously targeting Miles because he’d be cheaper to get than his worth. And Miles wants to stay because the team that trades for him wouldn’t have his bird rights. If you believe the plan that the new ownership would try to maximise the CAP space to get assets, I don’t think trading Miles for a little below his normal market value would be terrible, as long as it’s part of a broader well executed plan.
We can’t keep holding on the the same people and then wonder why we continue to suck the same way.
Turn the entire team over.
would much rather he be traded